February 14, 2025
Common Motors plant delays shift begin time so workers can watch Lions in NFC Championship

The Detroit Lions are set to play of their first NFC title recreation since 1992, and have an opportunity to make it to their first-ever Tremendous Bowl.

The group is headed to San Francisco to face the top-seeded 49ers on Sunday for a visit to the massive recreation, and a Detroit-based firm is accommodating its workers, a lot of that are die-hard followers of the Lions, to view the matchup.

The Common Motors plant in close by Flint, Michigan, introduced to its staff that it’s going to delay manufacturing for an hour on Sunday, to ensure that workers to observe the playoff recreation.

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Signage on the skin of Common Motors Co.  Flint Meeting in Flint, Michigan, on June 12, 2019. (JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP by way of Getty Photographs)

A GM worker posted a screenshot of an e-mail he acquired from the corporate’s automated system that informs workers if a shift has been added or canceled on a Lions Reddit web page.

“Flint Meeting is not going to have an early begin for regular manufacturing on third shift this Sunday, January 28…We acknowledge the Detroit Lions enjoying within the NFC Championship recreation as a uncommon, distinctive alternative that warrants this non permanent schedule adjustment to permit workers to benefit from the recreation and make it to work on time,” the e-mail learn.

“In my 13+ years at GM I’ve by no means seen a postponement to begin the week…even 2 ft of snow wouldn’t do it lol. That is for town! Go Lions!,” the worker wrote.

Jared Goff throws

Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff appears to go in the course of the NFC Divisional Playoff recreation in opposition to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Detroit on Sunday. (Amy Lemus/NurPhoto by way of Getty Photographs)

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The Detroit Free Press famous that the Flint plant is the one one in Michigan to run a 3rd shift on Sunday.

“It’s Lions gear all over the place and everybody’s fairly excited,” WUAW Native 598 Store Chairman Eric Welter instructed the outlet earlier this week. “It’s a time in Michigan that hasn’t ever occurred earlier than and I’m anticipating many employers to do what they’ll to help that. We had been most likely early, however I’d think about everybody else will do one thing to accommodate it.”

The third shift sometimes begins at 10 p.m. on Sundays with round 1,500 workers.

“We all know this can be a uncommon second in Detroit sports activities historical past and we wish our group to savor the second, whereas nonetheless assuring we’re offering our prospects and sellers with the vans they want,” GM spokesman Kevin Kelly mentioned.

Sam LaPorta and Dan Skipper

Detroit Lions tight finish Sam LaPorta celebrates his landing catch with offensive deal with Dan Skipper in the course of the recreation in opposition to the Denver Broncos at Ford Subject in Detroit on Dec. 16, 2023. (Rey Del Rio/Getty Photographs)

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The Lions final performed for the NFL championship in 1957, effectively earlier than the Tremendous Bowl period. Kickoff is about for six:30 p.m. ET Sunday.

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